Improvement in sewing-machines



Ciuied tant STEPHEN W. MILLER, OF DUNDEE, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 91,149, dated June 8, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEWING-MACHINES.

, The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it /nw/y concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN W. MILLER, of Dundee, in the county of Yates, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sewing-Machines; and'I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specication, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation.

Figure 2, a top view.

Ihe letters of reference refer to the same parts in each figure.

The nature of my invention consists in an improvement in feeding-mechanism for sewing-machines.

'Io enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention', I will proceed to describe its mode of construction and operation.

A is the frame-work that supports the machinery. It may be made of any suitable material, and in any form or shape requircdto makeit lit any machine to which it may be applied, and at the same time support the parts necessary to accomplish the work in the manner herein sct forth.

B is a shaft, driven in any suitable way, placed across the frame, and supported by two journal-boxes, as shown in iig. 2.

C is a band-wheel, fastened to the shaft B, and banded to and driven from a pulley, shown in dotted lines, as on shaft L.

I intend to operate the needle-mechanism from wheel D.

E is a roller, that carries the feeding-bands. It is provided with an annular rim in the middle, to keep the bands apart.

F is a second roller, that sustains the bands G G, and it may be mounted in adjustable bearings, so that the bands may be readily tightened or loosened.

G G are bands, that surround the rollers E F. ',Ihey are provided with pins, or hooks, that pierce the cloth and hold it, so that the bands may carry it along to be sewed.

Any number of pins may be put into the belt, that may be required to hold the various kinds of cloth.

H is a support for the belts. Its top is in line with the top of 4the rollers E F, and may extend from the needle to the roller F.

I is an annular rim. It is fastened in the middle of the roller E, so thatit will keep the belts apart, and raise the cloth from the pins, the feed-motion being still continued.

The rim I must be as deep as the length of the pins in the belt, so that it will disengage the-pins from the cloth.

. The position of the needle is shown in fig. 1; and it passes up and down between the belts G and G.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as'new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with belts G G, and rollers E F, of the rotating disk I, arranged between the belts, to raise the cloth from the pins in the belt, as described.

STEPHEN W. MILLER.

Witnesses:

JOHN L. LEWIS, C. G. Masuren. 

